IT Product Owner

 

 

The Product Owner is responsible for organizing and prioritizing the Product Backlog and ultimately responsible for ensuring that the software development team is delivering the greatest business value.

 

 

Responsibilities:
 •Participate in a collaborative team environment functioning within the SCRUM (agile) methodology

•Able to express recommendations based on client desires, product architecture, cost, quality, and delivery timelines

•Able to mentor, interact, and ensure cross-team and cross-department cooperation

•Ability to present ideas and solutions to small or large audiences of customers and upper management

•Experience in gathering requirements and documenting user needs

•Experience in modeling requirements through UML, Use Cases, and User Stories

•Knowledge of fitness club operations and management

•Experience evaluating business value through ROI and NPV

•Define clear priorities based on business value and have the team deliver the highest value user stories first

•Experience with agile estimating and planning

•Provide support, encouragement, and recognition to the team through words and actions

•Constantly collaboration with the Teams on how to get the most value for the business from the selected technologies

•Efficiently represent the interests of everyone with a stake in the project and resulting system

•Develop and implement release plans

•Ensure that the team has access to the necessary resources and individuals that will determine the completion criteria for each Sprint Story

•Negotiate with the Team prior and during the Backlog Selection Meeting the Stories to be delivered each Sprint

•Perform other duties as assigned by manager or management

 

Skills Required:
 •Proven abilities to negotiate and plan product development priorities and direction

•Proven knowledge of marketing, sales, accounting, and financial practices

 

Education Requirement:
 •Prefer a degree in business or related field

•8+ years experience in Systems Analysis or Project Management

•8+ years reviewing the systems of various types such as:  Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Sales, Inventory, Scheduling, POS, EFT, and Credit Card Processing